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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ver·i·ty /ˈverəti/ noun (plural verities) [countable usually plural] formal  an important principle or fact that is always true 重要的真理[准则,事实] SYN truth the eternal verities of life 生命的永恒真理
Examples from the Corpus
verityone of the eternal verities of lifeYet, surely, the eternal verities of any game still apply.A politician invited to make the wedding speech can be relied upon to dish up some predictions along with the eternal verities.He genuinely tries to bring fairness, goodness and other verities to an endeavor that in many ways militates against such objectives.eternal veritiesThus the distinctions are not eternal verities, or supra-historical categories, but actual elements of a kind of social organization.It adequately expressed the eternal verities of social work.Yet, surely, the eternal verities of any game still apply.Slowly Michael Ramsey began to realize that the eternal verities were more important to him than the political excitements.A politician invited to make the wedding speech can be relied upon to dish up some predictions along with the eternal verities.
Origin verity (1300-1400) Old French verite, from Latin veritas, from verus; → VERY2
ver·i·ty nounChineseSyllable
important true Corpus that an is or principle always fact


verity
verity /ˈverəti, ˈverɪti/ noun (plural verities) [countable usually plural] formal
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: verite, from Latin veritas, from verus; very2
an important principle or fact that is always true
   SYN  truth:
    the eternal verities of life


ver·ityBrE /ˈverəti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈverəti/ 🔊 noun (
plural
ver·ities
)
[usually plural] (formal) a belief or principle about life that is accepted as true (关于生命的)信念,准则,真理the eternal verities of life生命永恒的真理 [uncountable] (old use) truth 真理;客观事实